Hearing these people talk, Lin Qi realized they had not merely happened to pass by. They were patrols deliberately stationed here.
Patrols from the Cangzhou Pavilion region?
As Lin Qi was still puzzled, another team arrived to relieve them.
"Things around Jiang Hai haven't been peaceful lately. Ghost-faced Fiends have injured people one after another. Good thing the Cangzhou City Branch Pavilion provided intelligence and even sent reinforcements, or we'd truly have been worked to death."
"Those beasts in the Chaos Realm and Beihai have been restless lately, wearing out the entire Cangzhou Pavilion... Still, it is strange. The Cangzhou City Branch Pavilion has always refused to submit to the Cangzhou Pavilion, yet this time they actually took the initiative to offer support?"
"Maybe they lost too much face over the Cangzhou Branch Pavilion prison break and finally learned to walk with their tails tucked between their legs."
"Not necessarily. The Cangzhou City Branch Pavilion has done no shortage of embarrassing things over the years. When have you ever seen them tuck their tails? I suspect they're plotting something else."
"What could they possibly be plotting?"
Listening to the team's conversation, Lin Qi's brows drew tightly together. All her previous worries had become reality.
The Cangzhou Branch Pavilion had long since cast a net over heaven and earth along the route to the Cangzhou Pavilion. Trying to pass along a message... would be harder than climbing to heaven.
Lin Qi did not mind waiting two days. She simply did not know how things were going on Dai Jun's side.
Though Lin Qi had heard the team's conversation, she did not fully believe it. She continued hiding in the shadows, waiting quietly for an opportunity.
Lin Qi wandered around the border for two days and discovered that the cultivators sent